tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post2564742424340183965..comments2023-12-24T12:00:43.714-05:00Comments on Tune: Kings Lynn: The Numbers: 2013C. Wingatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-65299955405713449512014-10-19T23:07:39.057-04:002014-10-19T23:07:39.057-04:00Judging from the note, Honduras has been doing som...Judging from the note, Honduras has been doing something that basically double-counted everything for some years. I have no idea what.<br /><br />Springfield is caught in a demographic vise that I do not think they can escape from, and while I like Bishop Martins I don't know he is viewed there and whether a positive opinion can even translate into growth. The people just aren't there.<br /><br />The classical pattern with membership vs. ASA is that the former tends to drop abruptly when a rector leaves, because that is when the rolls get cleaned.<br />C. Wingatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-36793771855209576912014-10-19T21:39:57.527-04:002014-10-19T21:39:57.527-04:00I see you have done more homework on this than I h...I see you have done more homework on this than I have. Any idea what happened in Honduras?<br /><br />I also noted some steep declines (10% in Springfield, for instance, and 5% in several dioceses) which leads me to think that either there have been some unreported parish sized departures, or that reporting is only now catching up with some departures of previous years.<br /><br />I am always a bit suspicious when TEC claims that ASA drops faster than membership- I would actually expect it to be the other way around. The folks who are not going to church regularly are most likely to jump ship. But it is hard to get off the rolls- I was still in the parish directory of parishes in 2 dioceses a year after I left TEC.<br /><br />TJtjmcmahonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-82250540831418851792014-10-15T12:09:28.091-04:002014-10-15T12:09:28.091-04:00I'm not seeing how an asymptotic decline to ze...I'm not seeing how an asymptotic decline to zero is a good thing, whatever the rate.<br />C. Wingatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-77073521777713401532014-10-15T08:05:20.280-04:002014-10-15T08:05:20.280-04:00One commentator felt good that the decline rate ha...One commentator felt good that the decline rate had not changed, that it, that the rate had not increased. Of course, he failed to note the South Carolina fudge.<br /><br />Dick MitchellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com